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Marks

[42] 1. Short-Answer Questions. Put your answer in the box provided but show your work also.
Each question is worth 3 marks, but not all questions are of equal difficulty. Full marks will
be given for correct answers placed in the box, but at most 1 mark will be given for incorrect
answers. Unless otherwise stated, it is not necessary to simplify your answers in this question.
x2 − x
(a) Evaluate lim or determine that this limit does not exist.
x→1 x2 − 1

Answer

x3 + 5x
(b) Evaluate lim or determine that this limit does not exist.
x→∞ 2x3 − x2 + 4

Answer

x
(c) Find the derivative of .
3 + ex
Answer

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(d) Find the derivative of t3 cos t.

Answer

√
(e) Find the derivative of e x
.
Answer

(f) Find f 0 (x), if f (x) = arctan(x3 ). [Note: Another notation for arctan is tan −1 .]
Answer

(g) If x2 + xy − y 2 = 4, find dy/dx in terms of x and y.

Answer

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(h) If f (x) = (cos x)x , find f 0 (x).

Answer

√
(i) Use a linear approximation to approximate 100.2.
Answer

(j) Estimate the size of the error made in the linear approximation above. √
In other words,
find an upper bound for the absolute value of the difference between 100.2 and the
answer to item (i) above.
Answer

(k) If f (x) = x cos(x2 ), compute f (9) (0). Hint: Use Maclaurin series.
Answer

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(l) Find the absolute minimum value of f (x) = sin−1 (x/2) on the interval [−2, −1]. [Note:
Another notation for sin−1 is arcsin.]
Answer

(m) Newton’s Method is used to approximate a solution of the equation sin x = 1−x , starting
with the initial approximation x1 = π/2. Find x2 .
Answer

(n) Given that f 0 (x) = 2x − (3/x4 ), x > 0, and f (1) = 3, find f (x).
Answer

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Full-Solution Problems. In questions 2–6, justify your answers and show all your work. If
a box is provided, write your final answer there. Simplification of answers is not required unless
explicitly requested.
[10] 2. A freshly brewed cup of coffee initially has temperature 95 ◦ C in a room that has fixed tem-
perature 20◦ C. When the coffee temperature is 70◦ C, it is decreasing at a rate of 1◦ C per
minute. When does this occur? Assume that the temperature of the coffee in the cup satisfies
Newton’s Law of Cooling.
Answer

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[10] 3. Gravel is being dumped from a conveyor belt at a rate of 2 m 3 /min, and its coarseness is such
that it forms a pile in the shape of a cone whose base diameter and height are always equal.
How fast is the height of the pile increasing when the pile is 3 m high? Hint: The volume of
a right circular cone with base radius r and height h is 13 πr 2 h.
Answer

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x2 + 12
[12] 4. Let f (x) = .
x−2
(a) (1 mark) Find the domain of f (x).

(b) (4 marks) Determine intervals where f (x) is increasing or decreasing and the x- and
y-coordinates of all local maxima or minima (if any).

(c) (2 marks) Determine intervals where f (x) is concave upwards or downwards, and the
x-coordinates of all inflection points (if any). You may use, without verifying it, the
formula f 00 (x) = 32/(x − 2)3 .

Question 4 continues on the next page...

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Question 4 continued
(d) (3 marks) Find and verify the equations of any asymptotes (horizontal, vertical or slant).

(e) (4 marks) Sketch the graph of y = f (x), showing the features given in items (a) to
(d) above and giving the (x, y) coordinates for all points occurring above and also all
x-intercepts (if any).

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[10] 5. A cylindrical can without a top is made to contain 27π cm 3 of liquid. Determine (with
justification) the dimensions of the can that minimize the area of the metal used to make the
can. Hint: The metal used consists of a circle (the bottom of the can), and a rectangle (the
sides of the can).
Answer

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[4] 6. Use the definition of the derivative to determine f 0 (x), where

1
f (x) = .
x+5

No credit will be given for using derivative formulas.

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[4] 7. The function f (x) is defined by

2

 ax + bx + c
 if x < 0,
f (x) = 2 if x = 0,
2 + x2 cos(x−1 ) if x > 0.



Determine all values of the constants a, b, c such that f continuous at 0, or determine that
no such values exist.

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[8] 8. Let L be the tangent line to the curve y = 1 + e x at a point P (a, b), where the point of
tangency P is chosen so that tangent line L passes through the origin O(0, 0).
(a) (3 marks) Find an equation that is satisfied by a, the x-coordinate of the point P .

(b) (5 marks) Prove that the equation in item (a) has exactly one real solution.

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The University of British Columbia

Sessional Examinations - December 2008

Mathematics 100/180
Differential Calculus with Applications to Physical Sciences and Engineering

Closed book examination Time: 2.5 hours

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